A few of the more observant of you may have noticed a wee addition to the site?

It’s on the side and down a bit underneath the Dog’s Bollocks.

If you haven’t seen it then that’s OK.  I didn’t notice it myself until this morning.

Anyhows, it appears that I have been nominated in the upcoming Blog Awards Ireland 2013.

I confess to being a little chuffed about this.  You see, I didn’t nominate myself as my ego isn’t that fragile.  Not only that but I only mentioned the Awards thing in passing once before as I didn’t want to appear as if I was touting for a nomination.  Nevertheless, someone saw fit to nominate my efforts in not one but three different categories – Political [?], Humour and Personal.  Whoever you are – thanks.  I am flattered and chuffed.

I had a look through the Long List and it really lives up to its name – 1575 [or so] entries.  Of course some are in more than one category [I found one site that was in fourteen categories – a little drop of self-promotion there? And they express surprise?].

There are thirty categories which is a little on the heavy side in my opinion.  On the awards night, assuming five minutes per category [to allow recipients time to find their way to the stage and to sober up enough to make a wee speech] then it’s going to be a two and a half hour marathon, which doesn’t leave much time for getting pissed or nipping out for a smoke.  But then strangely enough amongst all those categories there is none for Best Pensioner, Best Beard or Best Pipe Smoker which I think is a grave omission on their part.

So what’s next I hear you say?

The list goes to the judges to who have to wade through all 1575 and whittle ‘em down a bit.  The results of that whittling will appear on the 8^th of September.

And then that list will be whittled even further and the survivors will be listed on the 29^th of September.

And then the winners are announced on the 12^th of October.

They like making us suffer?